10.5% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newcastle · Council (LGA)
Language in Newcastle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Newcastle than in most similar areas, though the overall figure remains low. Only 10.5% of residents speak a different language at home, which is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.8% of the population, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 1%. Very few people struggle with English, with just 1.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15900/newcastle/topic/language